[S3M-1385.2.1 (Amendment)] Decision Time — 21 Feb 2008 at 17:00

*S3M-1385.2.1 Margaret Smith: Prisons Policy—As an amendment to amendment (S3M-1385.2) in the name of Kenny MacAskill, insert at end "recognises the need to reduce the number of low-level receptions into custody for short-term sentences by focusing on tough community sentences that pay back into the community for the harm caused; further notes the need to improve treatment for those with mental health problems and drug and alcohol addictions, thus addressing the underlying causes of offending, and calls on the Scottish Government to build on schemes which provide offenders with education and skills training for work, not crime."

The next question is, that amendment S3M-1385.2.1, in the name of Margaret Smith, which seeks to amend amendment S3M-1385.2, in the name of Kenny MacAskill, on prisons policy, be agreed to. Are we agreed?

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